A Large and Persistent Carbon Sink in the World’s Forests

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Traits drive global wood decomposition rates more than climate

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Long-term nitrogen addition suppresses microbial degradation, enhances soil carbon storage, and alters the molecular composition of soil organic matter

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Tree species effects on topsoil carbon stock and concentration are mediated by tree species type, mycorrhizal association, and N-fixing ability at the global scale

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Mapping China’s planted forests using high resolution imagery and massive amounts of crowdsourced samples

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Estimating the Above-Ground Biomass in Miombo Savanna Woodlands (Mozambique, East Africa) Using L-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar Data

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Postfire changes in forest carbon storage over a 300‐year chronosequence of Pinus contorta ‐dominated forests

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Taking stock of circumboreal forest carbon with ground measurements, airborne and spaceborne LiDAR

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Three times greater weight of daytime than of night‐time temperature on leaf unfolding phenology in temperate trees

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Effects of seven-year nitrogen and phosphorus additions on soil microbial community structures and residues in a tropical forest in Hainan Island, China

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Hurricane-Induced Rainfall is a Stronger Predictor of Tropical Forest Damage in Puerto Rico Than Maximum Wind Speeds

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Rising Temperature May Trigger Deep Soil Carbon Loss Across Forest Ecosystems

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Climate change weakens the positive effect of human activities on karst vegetation productivity restoration in southern China

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